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Hey,come 3rd quarter of each calender year, it is that time of the year again, This phenomenon is headlined in local dailies each day, again and again... An enviromental situation, all kinds of experts in general do agree... A regular man-made consequence from widespread clearing and burning of trees.. All over the country, as in the whole Asian region, the sun is but a blur pall of crimson... Evidence of the filtering effects of the haze particles in atmospheric conditions.. This pall of haze or jerebu is now a password upon which to start a conversation... Something akin to the British How's The Weather way of striking up a conversation.. Make a comment about this hazy situation and you can be sure of an observation... That something urgent needs to be quickly done to elevate this distressing condition... Everyman in the street is aware of this thick smoky mist that envelope the environment... People are advised to use face masks to reduce the intake of unhealthy irritants... Even as the sale of face masks are flying off the shelves, what a situation... People with breathing problems like asthma are to stay indoors, lessen outdoor exertions.. Scheduled flights has to be cancelled unless flying visibility index is acceptable... Schools are ordered to close when the official haze index breach certain levels... Cloud seeding efforts are in force to seed rainfall which will clear considerably the opaque sky.. Just so that such unhealthy and unfavourable conditions will not cloud future skies... Government efforts are intensified to once again negotiate for cross border cooperation... Time and again, all these actions are routine responses to mitigate the people's indignation... For year to year, we the public , suffer all kinds of inconveniences and challenges.. When each calender year enters the 3rd quarter, we suffer again this haze in stages.. Hopes are high, maybe this year things will be different, things will be better... Down come the promised rain and the situation clears, until the next year... When once again we all go through the whole rigmorale of negotiations and deliberations... Safety measures and advice for the masses, cloud seeding efforts and of course, fervent prayers... Welcome to the haze situation here in Asia...!
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